Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 02:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 96.4 1-Core 97.2 2-Core 189 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 367 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 367 23% 367 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 47.7 Parallax 42.5 42% 47.3 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 60GB 2,308 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 881 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54.9% Above average	Read 432 Write 246 Mixed 315 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 2.62 66% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 2.66 32% 69.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 572GB free Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 80496264 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34600056 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -117600499528987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 52 386990101 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81438 (C2) HDA temperature 21 48 64424509461 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 88592290415879 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.8% Good	Read 110 Write 101 Mixed 66.2 69% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.96 4K Mixed 0.39 140% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 231GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 147 1383 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5095 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3391 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 21006 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1382 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 26 26 524570 (C2) HDA temperature 119 79 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 39 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 4938 (F1) Unknown 200 200 17141039745 (F2) Unknown 200 200 19205653401 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	43% Average	Read 73.1 Write 76.5 Mixed 71.3 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	703x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	471x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	208x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	265x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	52x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16